News, Notes, and Nods: Undergraduates
1959
Laurence Fitzmaurice ’59 moved to South Carolina after spending most of his life in Wellesley. Fitzmaurice, who misses volunteering at Babson, congratulated the College on receiving high rankings from several publications, including U.S. News & World Report, LinkedIn, and The Wall Street Journal.
1978
Ron Rogers ’78, P’08 ’08: See 2008, below.
1979
Nancy Foran-Pinzon ’79 was named senior managing director and group director of the Commercial Banking division at Peapack Private Bank & Trust. The Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a New Jersey bank holding company with total assets of $7.1 billion, and Peapack Private Bank & Trust was founded in 1921. In her new role, Foran-Pinzon will help expand the bank’s footprint from New Jersey into Long Island and the Tri-State area.
1988
Michael Bayer ’88 was recently appointed to the board of directors at SimSpace, a cybersecurity company based in Boston. Bayer, the executive vice president and chief financial officer for cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies, also is an adjunct lecturer of finance at Babson and steering committee member of the CFO Leadership Council.
Kerrie Price Biggins ’88 (far left) celebrated the marriage of her son, Joseph, on August 30 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Biggins’ Babson classmates (from left, next to her) Maryanne Petry ’88, MBA’97, Gail McDonough ’88, and Mary-Beth Donovan ’87, MBA’99 joined the wedding festivities, along with the groom’s grandfather, Charles Price MBA’71, P’88.
Rusty Vanneman ’88 hosted a flurry of Babson-related guests on his podcast, “Invest Well, Be Well.” Vanneman interviewed Jurrien Timmer ’85, the director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, Tom Lydon ’82, a strategic investor at Goldman Sachs, and Dave Lundgren ’88, a founder and chief market strategist at MOTR Capital Management & Research. He also hosted some Babson faculty, including entrepreneurship Professor Joel Shulman P’12 ’14 ’20 and Jack Sharry, an executive in residence at Babson.
1996
Josiah D. Lee ’96 has been working in Hollywood for several years and has a role in the upcoming 2025 action movie War Dawgz. Lee, who went by the name DaeYong Kim when he was attending Babson, also provided voice acting in several animated projects, including the film KPop Demon Hunters in 2025 and “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” a South Korean television series, in 2022.
1999
Charles Gaudet ’99 recently co-founded a supplement company for CEOs and visionary leaders called Founders Fuel. The drink, which Gaudet created for “high-output humans,” is meant to provide focus and clarity. The venture comes as Gaudet continues his role as CEO of Predictable Profits, where he is a leading coach for eight- and nine-figure entrepreneurs.
2005
Renika Sehgal ’05 joined Labviva, an AI-procurement platform for life sciences, as chief operating and financial officer in June. Sehgal’s appointment comes amid a wave of executive leadership hires at the company. Labviva also announced a new marketing officer, vice president of commercial strategy, and a new European general manager as the venture seeks to expand globally.
2008
Peter Rogers ’08, MSA’08 married Valeria Rogers in Mexico City in March. Several of his Babson classmates served in the wedding party. Steve Kohart ’06 was his best man while Brian Cronin ’06 and Will Hurley ’07 were groomsmen. His father, Ron Rogers ’78, P’08 ’08 (inset), also is a Babson alumnus. The nuptials were preceded by a cascade of major life changes, Rogers said. In December 2021, he moved from New York City to Dallas. He met his future wife only four months after moving, and in November 2024, he joined the law firm of Bracewell LLP as a tax partner.
2011
Matthew Doherty ’11 was promoted to head of underwriting insurance programs at PartnerRe in August, where he has worked for seven years. Doherty previously served as senior vice president and property portfolio manager within the U.S. property multiline division, operating out of the company’s Stamford, Connecticut, office.
2012
Jared Shulman ’12 and the venture he founded, Daylit, raised $110 million to incorporate AI agents that will support accounts receivable. Daylit helps businesses manage their money by addressing day-to-day expenses such as payroll or invoice financing. By using AI agents for accounts receivable, Shulman said, the company can save businesses time and money across working capital cycles.
2013
Amanda Mason (nee Chin Yee) ’13 married Desean Mason in Jamaica on January 4. The wedding wasn’t complete without their Babson family. Among the guests were (from left) Bessy Tam ’13, Ben Staples ’13, Yasmin Rajabi ’13, Stacey Han Williams ’12, Matt Williams ’12, Desean Mason, Amanda Mason, Emily Loufik ’13, Joanne Louis ’14, Prince Debrah ’13, Alexandre Jainandunsing ’13, and Michael Udensi ’13.
Kyle Morrissey ’13 and Taylor Welsh ’16 were married April 27 in Oahu, Hawaii. The tropical ceremony was packed with Babson alumni who came to celebrate the newlyweds. From left: Matt Brazel ’19, Jon Dainesi ’15, Emily Park ’19, Olivia Marino, Ella Overholt ’15, Alex Prentice O’Hara ’15, Nicole Carli ’15, Amanda Cioffi ’14, Sean Wright ’14, Danielle Brasher ’15, Jamie Zikos ’17, Staci Swallow ’16, Kyle Morrissey, Taylor Morrissey, Zach Golden ’13, Emily Hague ’17, Abby Palazzi ’14, Leanne Barber ’16, Mauricio Palazzi ’14, Jason Trefry ’19, Mimi Journey ’16, Kevin Dachos ’15, Anne Duval ’16, Nick Rutberg ’13, Gus Barber MBA’18, Zach Willner ’13, Sam Barber ’16, Kevin Webb ’13, Bryan Eger ’11, Jaclyn Quisenberry ’14, and Graham Quisenberry ’16.
2016
Taylor Welsh ’16: See 2013, above.
2017
Rachel Wolfberg ’17 and Ben Wolfberg ’17 married September 27 at the Shining Tides wedding estate
in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Many Babson alumni attended the celebration, including Sam Foster ’17, Sunny Saluja ’18, Will Anderson ’18, Jessamine Von Arx ’18, Ani Hackett ’19, Jordi Batler ’17, Dan Corcoran ’17, Max Barber ’17, Megan Jones ’17, Jason Trefry ’19, Daniel Alexander ’17, Colin Knoedler ’17, Arish Halani ’17, Carter Dowd ’16, Leanne Barber ’16, Sam Barber ’16, Emily Trefry ’17, Vivek Dodani ’17, Kevin Dachos ’15, Shaan Mahtani ’19, and Evan Debiase ’14.
2023
Isabelle Fournier ’23 and four of her Babson field hockey teammates ran the Boston Marathon in April. Fournier, who has a younger sister with cerebral palsy, was picked to be a charity runner for the Hoyt Foundation. She raised nearly $25,000 to support individuals with disabilities. The marathon was Fournier’s first, and she crossed the finish line in 4 hours, 8 minutes, 49 seconds. From left: Kelsey Low ’23, Meara Hanyon ’23, MSF’24, Emma Bouley ’23, Fournier, and Amber Rose ’23, with Zachary Salvatore ’23 in front.
Lauren Zatulove ’23 recently released a book about the life of Chuck Debus, a historic Olympic racing coach who helped place 177 athletes, many of them female, on U.S. teams. Zatulove co-wrote the memoir, titled Allegiance: The Coach Who Revolutionized Women’s Track & Field and America’s Athletic Future, with Debus. Zatulove, who works in real estate investing, was on Babson’s track and field team for four years while earning her undergraduate degree, and she won the inaugural heptathlon title in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) in 2023.
2025
Calvin Yang ’25 was named among the 2025 NobleReach Scholars. The organization chose Yang to join 27 other recent graduates and early career professionals skilled in essential areas such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Yang, selected from more than 1,200 applicants, will work as a business process analyst for the state of Maryland for the next year. The role is one of many public service technical roles available to NobleReach Scholars at 15 federal, state, and local government organizations. Yang’s group is the second cohort of NobleReach Scholars, whose mission is to attract a diverse group of top-tier talent dedicated to bringing innovation to government.
Dylan Zajac ’25, founder of the nonprofit Computers 4 People, got a major boost from billionaire philanthropist Robert F. Smith. The founder, chairman, and CEO at Vista Equity Partners announced earlier this year that his firm donated 500 laptops to people from New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Austin, Texas. “Sometimes, all it takes is one laptop to change the trajectory of a life,” Smith wrote in a LinkedIn post announcing the partnership. “These devices will support students finishing their education, individuals launching new careers and innovators taking their first steps into tech, allowing each person to achieve their full potential.”
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